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Boston Options Exchange Contract Volume And Price Improvement Auction Set New Records In January 2006

Date 01/02/2006

The Boston Options Exchange set new records for both trading volume and price improvement during the first month of 2006.

Price Improvement Smashes Previous Record of “Savings to Investors”

For the month of January 2006, BOX’s total monthly “savings” benefit to investors was $5.5 million, up 72% over the previous month. An average of 98,088 contracts received price improvement daily, a new record. Not only is this a 66% increase over the previous month, but it also represents an average daily “savings” to investors of approximately $278,558. Orders submitted to the PIP process were improved, on average, $2.84 per contract as 38% of customer contracts traded received price improvement.

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